Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.

Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, often under great time pressure, leaders must make decisions and take effective actions to assure the survival and success of their organizations. This is how leaders add value to their organizations. They lead them to success by exercising good judgment, by making smart calls when especially difficult and complicated decisions simply must be made, and then ensuring that they are well executed.

In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.